l. The ban was passed because there was concern that fracking for shale gas could lead to a leak of methane gas, which is a more potent green house than carbon. fracking could also lead to the pollution of fresh water supplies and mini earthquakes

Downtown Asheville is buzzing with excitement. The first street sign has been installed celebrating the city's national title of Bee City USA. Bee City launched in Asheville, but the program's aim is to make the world safer for pollinators. Organizers hop

Under two agreements reached with the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will propose increased recovery territory for Mexican gray wolves in Arizona and New Mexico and will drop plans to capture wolves entering the two...

Human development has put this blind shrimp, or prawn to be more precise (Typhlocaris Galilea), at severe risk of extinction. The prawn is found in a remarkable habitat: It lives in one chamber of an ancient Roman cistern in a forgotten city on the north

I love videos of animals being released back into the wild. :) So heartwarming. A baby sea lion pup made headlines when he was found starving and disoriented in a dangerous commuter ferry crossing spot near the Alcatraz Island last month.

Finally, a bit of good news about wild tigers. It said that there were a total of 121 adult tigers spread over the four protected areas, with the highest number in the Chitwan National Park with 91 tigers. Bardiya National Park, Shuklaphanta Wildlife